encontrar

encontrar (first-person singular indicative present encuentro, past participle encontráu)

1. Alternative form of alcontrar

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• alcontrar

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old French encontrer, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): [eŋkonˈtɾaɾ]

encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)

1. to meet, encounter

   Synonym: atopar

2. to find

   Synonym: atopar

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• “encontrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “encontrar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “encontrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “encontrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “encontrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Vulgar Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Italian incontrare, Old French encontrer, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)

1. to meet

   Antonym: desencontrar

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 254:

     Foi só uma idéia, pensei que você talvez gostasse de se encontrar comigo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to find
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 215:

     Posso ajudá-lo a encontrar tudo...

     I can help you to find everything...

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

From Latin in contra. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Italian incontrare, and French rencontrer.

• IPA^(key): /enkonˈtɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧con‧trar

encontrar (first-person singular present encuentro, first-person singular preterite encontré, past participle encontrado)

1. (transitive) to meet
2. (transitive) to find, encounter, come across

   Synonyms: hallar, trovar

   María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas.

   Mary and Gertrude hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls.

3. (intransitive or reflexive) to meet, bump into
4. (transitive) to think, consider, find

   Lo encuentro estúpido.

   I find that stupid.

5. to manage (to do something)

   Synonym: lograr

6. (reflexive) to be located
7. (reflexive) to feel, be

   Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras.

   Only you know how you're feeling.

   • 2016 December, “FARC pedirán perdón a familias de 11 diputados asesinados”, in Frontera.info‎:

     Tras encontrársele libre de cualquier sospecha quedó en libertad meses después.

     After finding him free of any suspicion, he was released months later.

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• “encontrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• entroncar